STREET CHILDREN
Stitched sculptures and collage paintings raise awareness of homeless, displaced, and impoverished children of the world.
2019 Installation.
Young Household Worker Recycled textiles, hand woven scraps from Guatemala, fringe, threads on rusty rebar, 18 x 15½ x 2” 2014 - 2017
Patched Toddler Recycled hand woven textiles from India and South America, denim, label on rusty rebar, 11½ x 8½ x 1” 2014 - 2018
Scrappy Survivor Vintage textiles with mirrors, fabric scraps, threads on rusty rebar, 10½ x 16 x 1" 2006-2020
Tattered Vintage textiles on rusty rebar, 20 x 16 x 1” 2006-2020
Hungry Boy Recycled textiles from India and South America, weaving scraps, cord, threads on rusty rebar. 13 x 15 ½ x 1” 2017
Little Lost Girl Ripped, distressed recycled textile from India, hand stitching and threads on rusty rebar, 10 x 15½ x 1” 2016
Baby Recycled blanket by Emily Harrington, tack, cord, restitching threads on rusty rebar, 10 x 11½ x 1” 2015
Hand me down Recycled textiles on rusty rebar, 16 x 13 x 1” 2006-2020
Little Striped T-Shirt Recycled textiles (India, Japan Guatemala, Poland, Mexico, USA), drop cloth, rust, red earth, mirror, hat, shoe clothing, cardboard, game box from Eastern Europe, wood doll bed headboard, found objects. 5’ x 7’ x 6” 2019 *Children’s clothing and toys show the despair of sliding into poverty…
Little Striped T-Shirt (Detail) Recycled textiles (India, Japan Guatemala, Poland, Mexico, USA), drop cloth, rust, red earth, mirror, hat, shoe clothing, cardboard, game box from Eastern Europe, wood doll bed headboard, found objects. 5’ x 7’ x 6” 2019 *Children’s clothing and toys show the despair of sliding into poverty…
120 Million Acrylic, red earth, oil, oil stick, crayon, drop cloth, textiles, paper, tape, cardboard, found objects, rust, mirror, wire mesh, lock, 4’ x 6’ x 4” 2019 *From a viewer: “It’s as if someone told a group of privileged children the truth about how most of the world’s children suffer, and they made this together, crying.”
120 Million (Detail) Acrylic, red earth, oil, oil stick, crayon, drop cloth, textiles, paper, tape, cardboard, found objects, rust, mirror, wire mesh, lock, 4’ x 6’ x 4” 2019 *From a viewer: “It’s as if someone told a group of privileged children the truth about how most of the world’s children suffer, and they made this together, crying.”